For questions related to modal music, which can be understood as either a) pre-tonal music composed with modes, or b) modern music which uses modes instead of classical tonality.
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In what way is music considered to be in a mode when accidentals seemingly contradict the mode?
Below is a piece I played recently. The tonic is E, the key signature is two sharps with C# being the Dorian aspect of the key signature. In the score C natural contradicts the key signature in nearly every occurance of C. The first beat of bar 7…
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Can you identify this scale? Cant find it in the Mela chart. Is it Persian, Arabic? C Db Eb Fb G Ab B C
Can you identify this scale? Cant find it in the Mela chart. Is it Persian, Arabic? C Db Eb Fb G Ab B C
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What's it called in music theory when a melody changes key every measure?
I like to write music by repeating melodies, except I usually shift the notes a whole step or sometimes a minor third every measure. So let's say a song starts with a melody in A minor, the next measure it's the same melody but shifted to B minor,…
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Is this a modal composing technique?
Suppose that I went to Wikipedia and got a list of all the dominant seventh chords. Then I composed by doing them in any order I wish:
CEG and Bflat was my first chord [note that I dont know how to do subscripts]
E then Gsharp then BD was my…
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